Operation Knuckle Duster

Operation Knuckle Duster (2007) was a military operation carried out by the United States during the Iraq War. The US Marine Corps launched an attack on an insurgent-fortified mosque in Almaden, and they captured it after heavy fighting.

History
A squad of marines patrolling from a forward operating base (FOB) sent in a radio transmission to the US Marine Corps headquarters in Ramadi that they were under heavy machine gun fire from an insurgent-fortified mosque. HQ sent reinforcements into the dense insurgency stronghold, and the Marines engaged in intense fighting with the Iraqi insurgents. The Marine squad fought over control of the nearby buildings first before seizing the interior of the mosque from them. Most of the fighting took place between the mosque and a nearby government building, and the Americans were able to seize it from the insurgents after heavy losses on both sides. The US capture of the government building resulted in a defeat for the insurgents.